Dan Nied's 100 Days: Day 38
Published February 11, 2006
Dan Nied's 100 Days is the chronicle of one man's quest to improve his health in 100 days. Feel free to email him at nieddan@yahoo.com with any questions or comments you might have.
What I ate today
Breakfast (9:15 a.m.)
1 grapefruit
Calories: 100?
Fat: 0 grams
Snack (10:30 a.m.)
1 can of Campbell's beef vegetable soup
Calories: 60
Fat: 1 gram
Lunch (12:30 p.m.)
12 inches of pure Subway chicken breast goodness
Calories: 640
Fat: 10 grams
Snack (3 p.m.)
¼ cup of steel cut oats
Calories: 160
Fat: 3 grams
Dinner (5:30 p.m.)
4 chicken filets
Calories: 100 Quote from the back of the bag: "Serving Size: 4 pieces" "Calories per serving: 100" I swear)
Fat: .5 grams
Snack (8 p.m.)
1 stick of beef jerky (convenience store emergency)
Calories: 150
Fat 1 gram
Snack (11 p.m.)
2 servings of baby carrots
Calories: 70
Fat: 0 grams
Total Calories: 1,280
Total fat: 15.5 grams
Exercise: none
Count 'em up, kids. I ate seven times today. That's right, seven. And not only that, I went to the health food store today and stocked up on some brown rice and steel cut oats. My boss recommended them, and I had to make the buy because of the name: Steel Cut Oats. That sounds like a man's oats.
I couldn't wait to try the steel cut oats when I got home. They were bland, but in a good way. I think they would be fantastic with some brown sugar. However, I will hold off on that for now.
I got an interesting comment today that I am sure many readers will agree with. It gives me a chance to clear something up.
From: Jeri
Re: You can't count
I hate to mention it, since you're working so hard, but I think you may be underestimating calorie counts. If you ate a whole can of Campbell's condensed soup, that's 2.5 servings, not one. Unless you're eating really small "lite" multigrain bread, most of those are 100+ calories a slice. Turkey may be 45 calories an ounce. My numbers add up to closer to 400 for your breakfast today. Make sure you aren't fooled by nutritional labels on products that are OBVIOUSLY meant to be single servings which have nutritional information figuring 2 or more servings. Good luck!
All right, I can definitely see where she is coming from and I understand the perception of misrepresentation of calories. However, I can read and I am smart enough to look at the serving size when I buy stuff. I think sometimes, though, I don't fully explain exactly what I am eating. Most condensed soup is much more than 60 calories. However, what I have had the last two days is "Campbell's Soup At Hand Vegetable Beef". It is the kind that you microwave as a whole and it comes with a convenient drinking lid so you don't burn yourself. It is a genius idea from the people at Campbell's. I have the label right in front of me now: "Serving Size: 1 container", "Calories: 60", "Fat: 1 gram".
- Dan Nied's 100 Days: Day 38
- Published: February 11, 2006
- Type: Opinion
- Section: Tastes
- Filed Under: Tastes: Food and Drink, Culture: Society
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Why the urge to get a new job soon?
As for breakfast foods, I recommend Puffed Rice and/or Puffed Wheat. It's cheap, low-cal, fat-free, and (at least in my opinion) damn tasty. Of course, the problem comes with the milk; even skim milk has a lot of sugar calories. So...this may sound vile, but it's really not that bad...I suggest using a tiny amount of ice-cold water to dampen your rice/wheat instead of milk...
Oh! A warning:
Puffed Rice readily absorbs the water, so the result is sort of a rice-mush...but still pretty good.
Puffed Wheat, on the other hand, seems to deflect the water. It just beads off of it, so you end up with a bowl of semi-damp wheat and a puddle of slightly-brown water at the bottom of the bowl...not quite as appetizing...
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Steel-cut oats are yummy. You can get cracked wheat, too, cooks the same way. I usually put some raisins (or other dried fruit, chopped to raisin size) in with it; you don't need many or much (a tablespoon is more than enough). A teaspoon of real maple syrup, or honey, instead of the brown sugar, ummmm breakfast can be the best meal of the day.